Laka Foundation

INES Levels
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INES 2: Incident

Impact on People and Environment:
  • Exposure of a member of the public in excess of 10 mSv.
  • Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory annual limits.
Impact on Radiological Barriers and Control:
  • Radiation levels in an operating area of more than 50 mSv/h.
  • Significant contamination within the facility into an area not expected by design.
Impact on Defence-in-Depth:
  • Significant failures in safety ­provisions but with no actual ­consequences.
  • Found highly radioactive sealed orphan source, device or transport package with safety provisions intact.
  • Inadequate packaging of a highly radioactive sealed source.
▸ Legenda & explanation
date title location 
2012-09-26ASN decided to uprate as level 2 on the INES scale an event related to non-compliance with the requirements applicable to labelling, storage and on-site transfer of wet fissile materialsFranceAREVA-FBFC
2012-09-19Overexposure of a radiographerBelgiumStork Technical Service
2012-09-09Three radioactive level gauges stolen and later found openBulgariaDevnya town
2012-06-13Irradiation of a worker while handling an Iridium 192 sourceFranceFos-sur-Mer
2012-05-09Discovery of orphan source in a steel millSpainAlcal
2012-04-19Worker overexposureGreeceGreek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC)
2012-04-06Overexposure to Radiographer’s AssistantUnited States of AmericaTampa, Florida/Renegade Testing & Inspection, INC.
2012-03-24Overexposure to RadiographerUnited States of AmericaPasadena, Texas / Non-Destructive Inspection Corp
2012-02-09Loss of shutdown cooling due to station blackout during refueling outageSouth KoreaKORI-1
2012-01-28Overexposure to RadiographerUnited States of AmericaHouma, Louisiana/Global X-ray & Testing
2012-01-09Overexposure of a worker in a lead foundryCzech Republiclead foundry TRIANGL s.r.o. at Hrob
2011-12-21Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning a pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage poolsFranceCATTENOM-2 and 3
2011-10-28Over Exposure to RadiographerUnited States of AmericaWyalusing, Pennsylvania
2011-10-22Overexposure to Members of the PublicUnited States of AmericaHouston, Texas
2011-10-12Overexposure to Radiation workerUnited States of AmericaPetrochemical Inspection Services, Texas
2011-10-08Overexposure to Radiation WorkersUnited States of AmericaCentral New Jersey
2011-10-04Contamination of workers during inspectionBelgiumBelgoprocess
2011-10-01Uranium 233 / 238 Inhalation OverexposureUnited States of AmericaLas Vegas, Nevada / University of Nevada
2011-09-30Overexposure to Radiation WorkerUnited States of AmericaWichita, Kansas/ PFI, LLC
2011-07-19Stolen Radiography CameraUnited States of AmericaAcuren Inspections, Inc., Austin, TX
2011-05-30Over exposure of workers beyond annual regulatory limitIndiaKAKRAPAR-2
2011-03-30Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaUniversity of Washington, Seattle Washington
2011-03-18Inadequate setting of the auxiliary feedwater turbopumpBelgiumDOEL-4
2011-03-11Failure of the reactor component cooling water system and others by tsunamiJapanONAGAWA-2
2011-02-16Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning back-up diesel generators at Tricastin nuclear power plantFranceTRICASTIN-3
2011-01-19Reactor trip due to high pressure in the reactor pressure vesselMexicoLAGUNA VERDE-2
2011-01-13OVEREXPOSURE TO RADIATION WORKERUnited States of AmericaMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA
2010-12-02Several mine workers overexposed by X-raysSwedenBoliden Mineral, Gällivare
2010-09-17Inadvertent Containment Spray of Reactor Coolant South KoreaSHINKORI-1
2010-09-16Radiography overexposureFinlandInspecta Oy/Kotka